Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-03-2019 03:24 UTC-7

Gabe Patgorski Leads After Day 1 of Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em

Sandra Barbour

Level 8 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

It’s a wrap for Day 1 of the first ever $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker. A total of 61 entry slips were sold today, but only 18 competitors bagged chips at the conclusion of Day 1. With late registration still being open till the start of Level 11 on Day 2 (around 5:15 p.m), these numbers are not final.

Leading the way in what was a star-studded field is Gabe Patgorski with 388,800 chips. Patgorski was near the top of the leaderboard during most of the day. He has been playing poker professionally for 14 years and has been around Short Deck poker since it’s very beginning. Patgorski is considered to be one of the most experienced Short Deck players in the world. He will be using his experience to try to claim his first WSOP bracelet. Alex Epstein sits in second with 323,000 while Anson Tsang rounds up the top three with 307,400. Tsang will be looking to add another bracelet to his collection, after winning the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed event at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe last October for €91,730.

Numerous big names made it through alongside the chip leaders, including bracelet winners Galen Hall, (266,000), Ben Lamb (209,300), Jason Somerville (123,600), and Justin Bonomo (107,300).

Unfortunately, not all of the fan favorites who took a shot at this new WSOP event advanced to Day 2. Erik Seidel, David Peters, Sam Higgs, and Anthony Zinno, were all taken out. Daniel Negreanu couldn’t find a bag either. He was forced to use his add-on during the last level of the night and was eliminated shortly after.

Cards will be back in the air at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 3rd. The plan for Day 2 is to play 8 levels of 60 minutes each. Keep it here for continuing coverage of Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em and throughout the 2019 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
Amazon	417	1	James Chen	Taiwan	140,400
Amazon	417	2	Peter Jetten	Canada	59,000
Amazon	417	5	Alexander Epstein	United States	323,000

Amazon	418	1	Lars Nordkvist	Sweden	28,500
Amazon	418	3	Dario Sammartino	Italy	115,200
Amazon	418	4	Galen Hall	United States	266,000
Amazon	418	5	Eder Murata	Brazil	65,200

Amazon	419	3	Benjamin Lamb	United States	209,300
Amazon	419	4	Jiaxiu Liu	China	267,700
Amazon	419	6	Justin Bonomo	United States	107,300

Amazon	426	3	Anton Tsang	Hong Kong	307,400
Amazon	426	4	Eric Kurtzman	United States	124,300
Amazon	426	5	John Patgorski	United States	388,800
Amazon	426	6	Thai Ha	United States	221,000

Amazon	427	2	Jason Somerville	United States	123,600
Amazon	427	4	Yong Wang	China	256,300
Amazon	427	5	Sean Winter	United States	207,800
Amazon	427	6	Rene Van Krevelen	Netherlands	135,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Anson Tsang Anthony Zinno Ben Lamb Daniel Negreanu David Peters Erik Seidel Gabe Patgorski Galen Hall Jason Somerville Justin Bonomo Sam Higgs

06-03-2019 01:56 UTC-7

Bonomo Doubles Through Scowling Sammartino

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Dario Sammartino was sitting with a face like thunder as the dealer counted out a double for all-time money list leader Justin Bonomo.

Bonomo held on a runout for a full house, narrowly beating the smaller full house of the Italian who held .

Bonomo's double was for 81,700 and he moves up to just under 200,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	180,000	60,000
Dario Sammartino	30,000	-80,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Justin Bonomo

06-03-2019 01:01 UTC-7

Rollercoaster Continues for Epstein

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 0/0, 800 ante

There was another three-way all in involving Alex Epstein who was all-in with . However, he had run into the of Liu Jiaxiu. Manig Loeser was also involved as the short stack with .

The flop came . Epstein called for a jack and duly received one on the turn. The river completed his straight and he doubled up.

"Come on!" he said, celebrating his double for 110,600. "It's like I'm going in circles!"

Meanwhile, Loeser was forced to use his last add-on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Epstein	230,000	190,000
Manig Loeser	30,000	-3,000
Liu Jiaxiu	25,000	-5,000

Tags: Alex Epstein Jiaxiu Liu Manig Loeser

06-02-2019 23:13 UTC-7

Koon Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 0/0, 500 ante

Dan Smith raised to 1,000 from the first position and Jason Koon moved all in for 28,500 from the next position. It folded to Danny Tang on the button who three-bet all in over the top. Smith folded.

"Do you have kings?" asked Koon.

"No," said Tang. "Jacks."

"Woah!" replied Koon. "We're really gambling out here.

Jason Koon:
Danny Tang:

The board came and Koon was eliminated.

"Wow. That's fucking incredible," said Koon. "That's 0-6, for real."

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	75,000	75,000
Jason Koon	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Danny Tang Jason Koon

06-02-2019 19:40 UTC-7

Perkins Short After Higgs Double

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 0/0, 200 ante

Getting it in for his last 22,000, Sam Higgs held on an flop against the of Bill Perkins.

Higgs wasn't in as bad a shape as it initially seemed, with the ace also serving as the bottom end of a straight draw, with any nine giving him a straight.

The turn was the but the river improved him to two pair and left Perkins short.

"I've still got my extra chippy," said Perkins. "When do I use it Jason?"

Jason Koon has plenty of experience in short deck tournaments around the world.

"Don't use it," he advised. "Play short."

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	45,000	27,000
Bill Perkins	6,200	-36,800

Tags: Bill Perkins Jason Koon Sam Higgs

06-02-2019 16:51 UTC-7

Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em Arrives at the WSOP

Will Shillibier

The age-old saying 'Less is more' will be put to the test later today with the first ever $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em Championship getting underway. This four-day event is a new addition to the WSOP schedule for 2019, with the format growing in popularity amongst poker fans over the last six months.

WSOP Vice President of Corporate Communication Seth Palansky told PokerNews earlier in the year that the WSOP is "never afraid to try something."

"Every year we look to the schedule of events and determine what is growing in popularity and what is waning," Palansky said. "At one time, limit hold’em and five-card draw dominated our offerings. We are cognizant of our need to adapt and meet the current market demands.

"Some seem to last, like dealer’s choice, and some don’t, like ante-only no-limit hold’em."

For the uninitiated, short deck hold'em (also called Six Plus Hold'em) sees every card deuce through five removed, leaving just 36 of the 52 card deck remaining. As a result, strategies change and everything players thought they knew about hold'em is thrown out the window as they adjust to the new format.

One important thing to know before jumping into the short deck streets is that flushes beat full houses. This is the hand rankings the WSOP will use:

Hand Rankings
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
Four of a Kind
Flush
Full House
Straight
Three of a Kind
Two Pair
One Pair
High Card

Players will start with 30,000 chips and will be allowed a free add-on for another 30,000 at any point until the end of registration. There will also be a single re-entry for the first ten levels, with late registration closing after ten levels (~5:15 pm on Day 2).

Eight levels are scheduled for Day 1, with a 15-minute break after every two levels. The tournament will play six-handed, with each player putting in a single ante, with the player on the button putting in a double ante.

The new format will be sure to attract a crowd of interested spectators, but it remains to be seen what kind of field size will greet WSOP organizers.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the coverage of this brand new bracelet event.